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BF Thesis Award

Find out more about how to take part in the Behavioral Finance Thesis Award.
Since December 2022, the Behavioral Finance Research Group and Sparkasse Marburg-Biedenkopf have presented the Behavioral Finance Thesis Award for the best thesis in the field of Behavioral Finance and Household Finance. The prize is endowed with €250 and is donated by Sparkasse Marburg-Biedenkopf.
Participation
Registration deadline:
The registration deadline will be announced soon.
Documents:
If you would like your thesis to be considered in the procedure, please send us an e-mail with the following documents to behavioralfinance@wiwi.uni-marburg.de:
- Thesis (PDF)
- Writing period
- Short CV (PDF)
We look forward to your submission!
Previous award winners
Winter semester 2024:

Carolin Hanika, M.Sc.
„Is Sustainable Investing a Question of Money? Insights from German Privat Households”
Saskia Müller, B.Sc.
„Finfuencer vs. Finanzberater: Wie investiert die Gen Z zukünftig?”
Jonathan Freund, B.Sc.
„Empirische Analyse von Verhandlungen zwischen Gründern und Investoren auf Geschlechtsunterschiede”
Winter semester 2023:

Johannes Tsouchlos, M.Sc.
„Buy-and-hold revisited: Analyzing recommended mutual fund holding periods”
Summer semester 2023:

Lena Pfannstiel, M.Sc.
"Social Trading and the Impact of Behavioral Biases"
Winter semester 2022:

Marie-Therèse Radetzky, M.Sc.
“Skin in the game: Do portfolio managers have superior information? Evidence from personal investments in the funds they manage”